Cheat Meals

cmuise19

Do you guys add your cheat meals into your daily diary, even though you know you're going to go over your daily calorie intake? Or just leave it.
My birthday was today so I definitely cheated at supper but stayed under on all my other meals

seska422

Your food diary is your data so you want it to be as accurate as possible.

It's easier to be able to look back through your diary and trouble-shoot if you have everything logged.

MKEgal

Don't diet.
If you're "on a diet", you're doing something temporary, not making a permanent change to your
life & health & eating & exercise. Once you go "off your diet" you're going back to whatever made
you fat & unhealthy in the first place.

Don't "cheat".
You're giving food power, making it a moral choice, making yourself "bad" if you're not perfect.

Eat heathfully, include things that you like (chocolate, peanut butter, pizza), just make it fit into
your overall calorie intake / output. You have to be happy & not hate what you're doing in order
to make a permanent healthy change in your life.

It doesn't matter whether or not you record everything accurately here, your body will know.
If you want accurate info to work with, record what you eat.
If you don't want people to see it, set your diary to private.

BigTandthesquatters

MKEgal wrote: »

If you want accurate info to work with, record what you eat.
If you don't want people to see it, set your diary to private.

^^^^THIS^^^^

malibu927

I don't consider going over my calories "cheating", especially when it's for a birthday or holiday, but I always log it.

cgvet37

I go over occasionally. Is it going to hurt you, no. As long as you can keep it within reason. I have lost 27 lbs. eating what I want, within reason. I don't believe in depriving yourself.